Paul migngt



PAUL MGNGT, OFVNE'W YORK, N. Y

Letters Patent No. 102,296, dated April 2d, i879.

FRAME FOR PSSE-PARTOUTS.

a The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the names To all whom :it may concern Be it known that l, PAUL MiGNo'r, of the city,

' county, and State oi" New York, have invented a new .frame with a passe-partout therein, and showing in full lines an opening portion of said frame, as removed;

and in dotted lines, the same, as closed or in its place. Figure 2 is a sectional view of said frame, taken .as

denoted by the line n: :t in iig. i. f

Similar letters oi reference indica-te corresponding parts.

My improved frame is mainly designed to be used for passe-partouts, but is also applicable as a frame for pictures, looking-glasses, and other articles. .Itl

will be sniiicient here, however, to describe it as ap- 'i plied to passe-partouts or show cards. As passe-'partouts have previously been constructed,

the card has had its glass facing secured to it by a' paper or other like binding on or around its edge, and' rings applied to the back for proper suspension of they article by a cord. theweight of the glass to support, and from otb'e'rg causes, is apt to burst open, thereby lettinf in du$t, and endangering breakage. `f

To avoid this, and secure certain advantages, l con-j. struct a metallic frame, by rolling er otherwise, forni ing sheet metal into strips of a groove shape in its` transverse section, and make one of the sides orenlls of said frame to open and close, so that the passe-pair# tout may he slid to its place, and the frame closed, and whereby the whole weight may be borne by rinlfs Such binding, owing to its having applied to the frame.

' Rcferringto the accompanying drawing- A represents the card of the passepartout, and

B, the glass, which may be pntitogether and bound as usual, but which is arranged t lie within a frame, C, made ot' sheet metal, and of r groove forrn in .its transverse section, with rings a ,a for suspension oi' the article. l This traine has its one vside or end C made toppen :uid close., as by shoulder-pieces l b arranged to-titl within the ends of the adjacent sides of the grooved frame, which secures the opening and closing portion of the frame in place, when closed; as represented byv dotted lilies in fig. l, or such opening and closing section C of the frame may be hinged at its one end to the remlainder of the frame, and be guided and held steady bya shoulder-piece entering at its opposite end the groove in the main portion ofthe trarne.l

Such consti-nothin of frame is at once' light, neat, and efficient, preserves the passe-partout from injury or wear, relieves the glass from all strain having a tendency to separate it from the card, and allows oi' the ready removal of one passe-partout for another,

the same being slid into or out oi' its place within the grooved frame by the provision which the opening end section C secures.

Said frame may be braced near its opening end by a bar, c, to hold it iu shape.

That is here claimed, and desired to'beseeurcd by .f 

